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Video of lawyer’s dying plea may be sent to assisted suicide hearing
TORONTO — The friend of a Toronto lawyer who went to Switzerland to end his life says a group of lawyers is looking at whether his dying plea for legalized assisted suicide could be part of an upcoming Supreme Court hearing on the subject.
FOERSTER TRIAL: Court sees video of police interview with accused
KELOWNA - The father of slain Armstrong teen Taylor Van Diest sees no remorse in the face of his daughter’s accused killer. The first 72 minutes of a police interview was shown in Kelowna Supreme Court Thursday afternoon. It’s the tape in which Matthew Foerster, 28, who is charged with first degree murder, confesses to...

Student video highlights homelessness in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A group of Okanagan College students have produced a video telling the stories of four formerly homeless people from the Okanagan. The video follows Mickey, Ryan, Geoff and Colleen. “These are all people who have experienced homelessness in the past,” says Inn From the Cold spokesperson Tara Tschritter. The video was made by...

Police allege there was a flurry of calls about Rob Ford video
TORONTO – Court documents show that Toronto police have identified a flurry of 50 communications in relation to the so-called Rob Ford crack video the day media reports were first published about it.
Amazon says it has no plans to offer free video service ahead of NYC media event
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Amazon says it has no plans to offer a free streaming media service, addressing speculation ahead of a media event in New York next Wednesday.

VIDEO: City staffers join online nomination game
KAMLOOPS - When city employees were told to go jump in a lake, they did it to show their support for accessibility in Kamloops as part of Winter Challenge 2014. Employees took the plunge in the South Thompson River after being nominated on the web. The Winter Challenge is an online video challenge where people...

Disney to buy Maker Studios, operator of YouTube video channels, for $500 million
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Disney said Monday that it is buying YouTube channel operator Maker Studios for $500 million as the family entertainment giant seeks to stay in front of younger viewers who are increasingly watching short videos online.

Disney to buy Maker Studios, operator of YouTube video channels, for at least $500 million
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Disney said Monday that it is buying YouTube channel operator Maker Studios for at least $500 million as the family entertainment giant aims to stay in front of younger audiences who are increasingly watching short videos online.

VIDEO: It’s up to the humans to avoid conflicts with bears
KAMLOOPS — As bears wake-up hungry from their winter naps, people living near forested areas are being asked to take precautions to avoid conflicts with the bruins. Frank Ritcey with Wildsafe B.C. says they've already had a bear sighting near the dikes in Kamloops. Bear encounters in urban areas have actually been dramatically decreasing over...

VIDEO: Radio station burns $5,000 cash
NO SUCH THING AS BAD PUBLICITY? CALGARY – The social media backlash is intense as a Calgary radio station burns $5,000 cash for a promotion. Amp Radio’s Bank It or Burn It contest gave listeners a chance to vote on whether or not the cash should be burned or given to charity. A majority of...

VIDEO: ET Canada contestant goes out in style
VERNON - A Vernon face isn’t shying away from the camera after losing ET Canada’s guest co-host competition. Griffon Burton, 21, bid farewell to the three remaining finalists (Cassie, Anthony and Mozdah) and thanked ET Canada for the amazing opportunity in a quirky YouTube video. The bubbly family photographer from Vernon was in Toronto at...

Video shows gunmen who killed 9 people at Afghan hotel were searched twice before entering
KABUL – Security guards searched four attackers — twice — before allowing them to enter an Afghan hotel where the young men proceeded to the restaurant and killed nine diners, including four foreigners and an AFP journalist, his wife and two children, according to chilling closed-circuit video broadcast Saturday by a local TV station.
CFL proposes video review for pass interference, recommends new rules for 2014
TORONTO – Pass interference should be subject to video review during the upcoming CFL season, the league’s rules committee announced Thursday.
Search for 1980s ‘E.T.’ video games in New Mexico landfill put on hold
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – New Mexico environmental regulators are blocking two companies from digging up an Alamogordo landfill in search of a rumoured cache of what some consider the worst Atari video game of all time.

Newly released police documents contain description of Rob Ford crack video
TORONTO – A media lawyer says the latest documents released in the police investigation into Toronto’s mayor contain a police description of the video appearing to show Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine.